Multicolor-printing press.



PATENTED MAY 19 H. F. BEGHMAN.

MULTICOLOR PRINTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1907.

1 UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY'F. BECHMAN, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, AS SIGNOR TO DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ULTIcoLoR-ram'rmor rnnss.

. State of Michi an, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Multicolor- Printing Presses; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being, had to the accompaging drawings which form part of this spec cation.

This invention is an improvement in web printingpresses preferabl employing reciprocating cylinders and re atively stationary beds, and the object of the present invention is to enable such machine to print in one or more colors, and, if desired, to have the cylinders print either simultaneously or in alternation, for which purpose the im ression can be thrown off by means of nove mechanism hereinafter ex lained.

The invention wi be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings inconnection with the following descri tion of the machine illustrated therein, an I refer to the claims for summaries of the-parts and combinations thereof for which protection is desired.

In the drawings'Figure 1 is a diagrammatical longitudinal sectional elevation of the press. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Hay 31, 1907. lflcrial No. 376,678.

As shownin the drawings the; press has two type beds 1 and 1", preferably arranged adjacent, end to end, in one plane; and two type beds 2 and 2, preferably arranged end to end in one plane, and above and parallel 1 2, to-and over guides 6 and 6 then between .With the beds 1 and l cooperate oylin' ders 1", 1, and with beds 2, 2* co-act 'cylin-- ders 2*, 2. Preferablyall-sai cylinders are journaled inreciprocating carriers 2 which the press and can be-operated by itman 2 and crank gears 2 as in the we known deplex press. The beds 1, 1; and 2, 2*; are spaced sufficiently far apart to allow each cylinder to 'clear the forms on its respective bed without running upon thoseon the ad-v areslidably mounted on theside frames of 2 can be lowered ofl impression.

Patented May '19, 1908.

l 3 isprovided with a depending arm 3 which driven by gears 3, 3 .from the 'main'orank shaft 2 so that links 3 will be reciprocated once, forward and back, during each rotation of the main shaft 2 The beds 2, 2P, are similarly connected at 4 at the opposite end of-a-lever 4 ivoted at 4 to a fixed point on the frame an rovided with'a depending arm 4 connected v-a link 4 to bar 3*. It will be seen that when the levers 3 and 4 are rocked on their pivots, the beds 1, 1, and 2, 2?, will be alternately raised and lowered, so that if desired when beds 1 and 2 are on impression, beds 1.-'and if it is not desired to throw off the impression, fink 3 can be disengaged from cam 8 or The course of theweb through the :press can be .readil followed from the drawn s. The web feeding, delivering and looping. evices being substantially such as in the duplex/press and well understood, it is unnecessary to give a detailed ex lanation thereof. Theweb W is led from a ro w to the feedingin devices 5, then under a guide 6, up over looping roller 7*, down under the guide fi, to

'guide 6 then between-cylinder 1*? and bed 1 to and over guides 6 and 6?; then between guide 6, then :between bed 2 and cylinder bed '2' and cylinder 2"; then over uides 6 and 6 under looping roller 7; t en over guide 6', to feeding-out rolls 5 and passed -to the folder. c

The web maybe continuously delivered from the press, and t e part in the press is intermittently stopped and then shifted forward betweenthe beds and cylinders :by means of looping rollers 7 and 7 f substantially as in the duplex ress.

The looping rollers 7", an 7' can be mounted on a frame '7 connected by a link 7 to a vibrating lever-7 operated by a cam 7 =on shaft 3 as indicatedin the drawing and as in the duplex press.

,I It will be'observed that the web is led successively under the cylinders v1 and 1, and is then reversed and led successively under cylinders 2 and 2 so thatit may be printed Obviously 95 fed into. and

shaft 3 in the frameand which shaft may be bed I and cylinder 1, up over guide-6, to, under and over guides 6, 6*; .back overv twice on the same side from the forms on of travel sufficient to take up the web durmg beds 1, 1, and then perfected and printed twice on the opposite side from the forms'on beds 2, 2*. By this arrangement a short length paper can be printed in multi-color, or a longer paper printed in one color; that is, in printing in multi-color, the web may be printed in black on beds 1 and 2 and in colors on beds 1, 2"; suitable inking mechanism, not shown, bein provided. Or if not desired to print in co or, one portion of the web can be printed on beds 1 and 2 and an-. other portion on beds 1 and '2. The amount of web 'fed and delivered for each impression will be regulated by the speed of the feed and delivery mechanisms 5, 5, and the looping rollers 7*, 7 will have a len th beds can be set so that the cylinders can print on both forward and backward strokes, the feeding and looping mechanism being speeded accordingly as in the duplex press. When the press is used in this manner, the beds may be made fast in intermediate position, and the cylinders can be packed sufficiently to cause them to press the paper on to the type on both strokes; or the typeforms can be underlaid sufficiently to bring the type into contact with the paper. Either way is well lmown and can be used at the option of ressman.

'The press described has considerable range, and can print as many as sixteen pages in one color with a single row of forms on each bed, if the beds be four-forms wide; or can print eight pages in two colors with the same number of forms.

Having described claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent" is:

1. In a printing press, the combination of four-beds and four cylinders co-acting therewith, and means for directing a web between two beds and cylindersto be printed on one side, and then between the remaining beds and cylinders to be printed on the opposite side, and means for'throwing off im ression so that the cylinders that print t e same side of the web print alternately and on alternate strokes with respect toeach other.

2. In a printing press, the combination of four beds and four cylinders co-actin'g therewith, and means for directing a web between two beds and cylinders to be printed on one side, and then between the remaining beds and cylinders tobe printed on the opposite 'ering it from the ing the web, an

my invention what I e beds and cylinders.

ssaasa side; with means for continuously feeding a web to and delivering it from the press, means for looping the web between the feeding mechanism and the printing devices, and between the printing devices and the delivering mechanism, and means for throwing off impression so that the cylinders which print the same side of the web print alternately and on alternate strokes with respect to each other.

3. In a printing press, the combination of four beds and four cylinders co-acting therewith, and means for directing a web between two adjacent beds and cylinders to be printed on one side, and then between the remaining. two adjacent beds and cylinders to be printed on the opposite side; means for continuously feeding a web to .and'delivress, and means for 100 means for throwing t 1e adjacent setsof beds alternately ofl impression so that the cylinders print on alternate strokes.

4. In a printing press, the combination of four beds and four cylinders co-acting therewith, and means for directing a web between two bedsand cylinders to be printed on one side, and then between the remaining beds and cylinders to be rinted on the oppositeside with means or throwing the beds alternately off-impression so that the cylinders print on alternate strokes.

5'. The combination in a printing press, of i a pair of beds and co-acting cylinders adapted to print one side ofthe web, a second air of beds and co-ac'ting cylinders, adapte to print the opposite side of the web, means for directing a web successively between the beds and cylinders in one pair,

V and then between the beds and cylinders in the other dpair; and means for alternately raising an I so that the cylinders of each pair print in alternation.

6. The combination in a printing press, of a air of beds and co-acting cylinders-adaptto rint one sided the web, a second air of be s and co-actin'g cylinders adapte to lowering the beds in each pair print the opposite side oi the web; means for directin a web successively between the beds an cylinders of one pair, and then between thebeds and cylinders of the o osite air; means for alternately raisin and l dwermg the beds in each pairso that. t e cylinders of each .pair'print in alternation; with web feeding mechanism, web delivering mechanism and web looping mechanism whereby the web is intermittently shifted bptween the 7. In a printing press, the combination of four beds and four cylinders co-acting therewith, and means for directing a web between. two beds and cylinders to be printed on one the opposite side in multi-color; means for continuously feeding a web to anddelivering it from the press, and means for loopin the web between the feeding mechanism an the printing devices, and between the printin tween the eds and cylinders of the opposite.

air, andmeans for alternately raising and owering the beds in each pair so that the c linders of each pair rint 1n alternation; with Web feeding mec anism, web delivering mechanism and web looping mechanism whereb the web is intermittently shifted between t e beds and cylinders.

9. The combination in a printing press, of a LHair of beds and co-acting cylinders; an osc' ating lever supporting the beds, and means for operating said oscillating lever to throw the beds alternately on and off impression.

10. In a rinting press, the combination of a pair of be s arranged end to end in substantially the same lane, a pair of cylinders co acting with said beds means for directing a web successively between the beds and cylinders, and means for raising and lowering the beds alternately to cause the cylinders to print in alternation.

11. In a printing press, the combination of a air of beds, a air of c linders co-actim with said beds, an means f or directing a Web between the beds and cylinders; an oscillating lever pivotally connected to the beds, and a cam and connections for oscillating said lever, substantially as described.

12. The combination of a pair of beds arranged substantially in the same lane, a pair of cylinders co-acting with said eds, a second pair of beds arranged in substantially the same lane but located above and parallel with the first .beds a pair of cylinders co-acting with the second pair of beds; means for simultaneously reciprocating the cylinders over their respective beds, means for directing a web successivel between one pair of beds and cylinders to be printed on one side,- and then betweenthe other pair of beds and cylinders to be perfected; web feeding and delivering devices, a web looping device inter osed between the rinting mechanisms an the feeding and delivering devices, and means for throwing the beds in each air alternately in and out of impression position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. BECHMAN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM JAMES MoLYNEUX, FRANK W. DUNNING. 

